Proverbs 2:2-4

New Catholic Bible

²attuning your ear to wisdom
    and inclining your heart to understanding,
³if you cry out for the gift of discernment^[a]
    and plead for understanding,
⁴if you seek for it as for silver
    and search for it as for buried treasure,

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Footnotes

Proverbs 2:3 Wisdom . . . understanding . . . discernment: these are names for the same gift.

Proverbs 2:2-4

New International Version

²turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding^(A)—
³indeed, if you call out for insight^(B)
    and cry aloud for understanding,
⁴and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,^(C)